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The Roebuck School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 340Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119237URN

Inkerman Street, Ashton, Preston, PR2 2BN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
1.0 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

64 applications for 40 places · 351st of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
44%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 1 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
1.0 below Lancashire median (2.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

64 applications · 40 places offered · 22 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202640641.6220.55
Sep 202542641.5340.81
Sep 202431672.2270.87
Sep 202339671.7280.72
Sep 202224381.6170.71
Sep 202140541.4270.68
Sep 202045481.1150.33
Sep 201934411.2190.56
Sep 201845461.0230.51
Sep 201744721.6310.70
Sep 201660711.2320.53
Sep 201551651.3290.57
Sep 201459731.2290.49

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 53% · Writing 60% · Maths 58% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%369th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard53%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard60%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard58%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2544%2%102102
2023/2440%2%103100
2022/2336%0%102101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119237 · 888/2197
Capacity
349 pupils · 340 on roll
Free school meals
31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Inkerman Street, Ashton, Preston, PR2 2BN
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources